Where can I find subdomains in Google Analytics?
The Google Developer site for Google Analytics has very few references to subdomains. A search for “subdomains” points you to documentation for cross-domain tracking, and cookie domains. The former makes no mention of sessions or subdomains.
What does it mean to have multiple properties in Google Analytics?
Each property has its own tracking code with its own unique ID for identifying data from that property. Views – Each property can contain one view or more. “A view is a defined perspective of the data from a property, and provides access to the reports for that property” (Google’s documentation).
What does a view mean in Google Analytics?
“A view is a defined perspective of the data from a property, and provides access to the reports for that property” (Google’s documentation). In other words, you can include a specific subset of data in a view by applying filters.
How to change Google Analytics to secondary domain?
Remember to replace the example Google Analytics ID (UA-XXXXXX-Y) with your own ID, and replace the example secondary domain (example-2.com) with your own secondary domain name. The snippet must contain these changes every place it appears on your primary domain.
How does Google Analytics work for multiple domains?
As mentioned above, a default setup of Google Analytics is designed to track content and visitor data for a single domain, such as www.example.com. This means that even if you manage both a domain and a sub-domain, you must make modifications to the tracking code in order to share visitor data across both domains.
When do you need to track multiple domains?
Another common tracking scenario is to track visitor and traffic data between a single domain and a sub-directory of a different domain. This might occur when you want to track traffic between your website and your online blog, where your blog is limited to a sub-directory of the blog service.
How to correctly track subdomains in Google Chrome?
A search for “subdomains” points you to documentation for cross-domain tracking, and cookie domains. The former makes no mention of sessions or subdomains. The latter describes tracking users across subdomains, but makes no mention of connecting sessions across subdomains. It also highlights the following quote: